Jason Stellman is a great guy

He lives out here near Seattle and we’ve had lunch together and visited and talked a number of times. He’s a former Calvinist pastor who recently swam the Tiber (at great cost to himself and his family). I regard him as a hero.

What else could we do? I wish it had turned out differently, and there are times when going back and saying “what the hell was I thinking, of course Protestant theology is correct. Now give me a job!” does bounce about in my mind. But truth is truth. And if you have to build your ministry on something you don’t think is true, the paybacks down the road will be far worse than any tribulations in terms of worldly possessions. Thanks for the cheer, though. It’s always appreciated. Prayers, too.

a half step in front of living in cardboard boxes describes about 70% of Americans right now.

Blog Goliard

Huzzahs and thanksgiving and prayers!

russ

Yes! God bless Jason for his heroic pursuit of Truth. When I swam back across the tiber (after 31 year foray into various forms of evangelical Christianity) I lost respect among friends family and lost a few music gigs in evangelical ecclesial communities, but it did not impact my day job. Kudos to folks like Jason who are willing to renounce all to follow Christ even at great financial and social risk. He fought the Church and the Church won. Welcome home Jason! http://archive.org/details/IFoughtTheChurchAndTheChurchWon

Robert Brennan

You know with all of these empty convents I see around the archdiocese of Los Angeles, why not create a ministry for former ministers, guys who are married but not eligible for priesthood due to their particular protestant tradition…Just think if they were given a small stipend, a place (the empty convent) to live and how they could augment the charitable arm of so many people. Those who qualify could eventually enter into some kind of Deacon program…Just a thought from the Pope of Van Nuys